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H. R. BLISS SHIPPING CASE Filed Dec. G, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 @y d a c f 2 S f) y E@ @umm HERBERT R. BIIISS, OF`NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK.

SHIPPING CASE.

Application inea December e, 1922. ser'iaiNo. 605,303.

To all whom t may cof/mera.'y

Be it known that I, HERBERTR. Buss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niagara Falls, in the county'of Niagara and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping Cases, of which the following is sa specification.

This invention relates to method of sealing shipping cases constructed of fiber board or equivalent material and .has for its pur- Ipose an improved constructed and sealed shipping case. The completed and sealed case has various features of advantage over shipping cases heretofore constructed. For instance, the closure for the .case is of such a character that on the top is presented four folded edges to the handler so that it is practically impossible to pick it up 'bythe flaps as is some times done and tear the fastenings or otherwise injure them.

Furthermore, the body of the case and the closure construction is of such a character that the same may be all made together out of three blanks of such a character that no material whatever is wasted and a minimum amount of material is used in constructing the case and the closure.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is` a perspective of the case. 4

Fig. 2 is aperspective of the case before it is completed by packing and sealing. FFig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of 1g.

Fig. 4 is 'a diagrammatic view showing the closure construction and the way in which the stitches are taken.

Fig. 5 is a section showing how stitches 1.

' to 10 are taken.

Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive show the blanks used for constructing one 4form of the case.

Fig. 9 is a perspective of a modified form.

rEhe shipping case is constructed of three separate blanks, the body blank 'which pro vides two sides a, the bottom d and the two cover wings b and c. The end blanks are designatedf and g. f is provided with a cover wing f and g is provided with a cover wing'g. In one lform of construction the fastening strips are secured to three sides of the end blanks and these are right angularly folded over against the sides and part of the main body blank and fastened thereto by iwire stitching. In'the modified form of construction the fastening blanks folded over on to the end blanks and fastened thereto as shown in Fig. 9.

The closure isformed by folding in the cover wings b and c as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and then lapping the cover wings f and g over on to these. These cover Wings f and g are separated from each other, which is necessary in order to permit the sealing thru the slot formed at j to permit the withdrawing of the anvil in taking the stitches.

Now referring to Fig. 4 the way the stitches are taken will be-shown. tions of the anvil are shown, one numbered 1 and the other 2. The anvil can be inserted over the wing c as shown in Fig. 4, and under the wings f g and b and may be swung around to take stitches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 8, 9, and 10. The number may vary to suit the option of the operator and the stitches may be taken in varying order, the order shown being a convenient one. The anvil may then be inserted in the slot j being over the wing b and under the vwing c the stitches 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 may be then taken. This completes the closing ofthe case and the anvil may be withdrawn from the slot y' formed by the meeting edges of the wings c and b.

In this arrangement the anvil can be inserted and withdrawn without tearing the wings between which it passes nor requiring the cutting of hinge flaps to permit insertion or withdrawal of the anvil nor is a pasting strip required oversuch hinging flaps.

I claim:

1. The method of sealing a three-blank libre shipping case having` a body blank forming the bottom two side walls and opposed cover wings, and separate end blanks having opposed cover wings with two of the opposed cover wings abutting and the other Itwo being separated, which comprises turn- 'i'ng in first the abutting cover wings then turning in the separated cover wings over these, and then inserting a blade anviLin the slit left at the abutting edges of tle-gvv abutting cover. wings between the separated covervvings and driving metallic fasteners along the free edges of the overlying cover wings above the underlying cover wing under which lies the blade anvil, the Withdrawal of the anvil and the insertion on the other side of the`box through the same slit and the driving and clinching of metallic fasteners along the free' edges of the overlying wings above the'other underlying cover wing, and finally the withdrawal of the anvil.

Q. The method of sealing a fibre shipping ease provided with a pair of abutting cover wings and a pair of cover wings short of abutting, which comprises the turning in first of the abutting cover wings, then the short cover wings, then inserting the anvil through the slit formed by the abutting cover wings and driving yfasteners through the overlying Cover wingsand the underlyingcover wing at one side of the oase, the withdrawing of the anvil and the insertion of the anvil in at the opposite side of the case through the same slit at the center of the oase in the space between the edges of the two overlying cover wings, and finally the driving of fasteners through the Aoverlying cover wings andthe other underlying cover wings at such side of the case.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HERBERT R. BLISS. 

